AM HOV Sucks

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   Everything was great this morning except for the stretch from Potomac up through Horner and 123.

	WHY O WHY is this stretch backing up all of a sudden?  I mean, Springfield wasn't even that bad this morning but the Horner interchange is?

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cdatkins Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote cdatkins Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2005 at 9:37am
	Everything was great this morning except for the stretch from Potomac up through Horner and 123. WHY O WHY is this stretch backing up all of a sudden? I mean, Springfield wasn't even that bad this morning but the Horner interchange is?

SpongeBob Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpongeBob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jun 2005 at 9:21am
	I'd love to work for a Super Bowl MVP quarterback. What a change.... (forgive me, couldn't resist [;)])

adjguy Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote adjguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jun 2005 at 10:32pm
	I heard Montana has a few jobs.........

cdatkins Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote cdatkins Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 2:40pm
	VRE takes me a half hour longer (each way) and costs $200 more per month. Why would I want to do that?

SpongeBob Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpongeBob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 2:14pm
	Obviously DickBoyd has never actually ridden on VRE, suffered the drive to the Rippon station, been asked to pay to park in their lots (which are now subsidized and free) or done a study that compares the number of days VRE is 100% shut down (monthly) vs. the number of times HOV is 100% shut down (annually?) No. My wife and I tried VRE: we can afford it easily, but it is not reliable, only reaches the eastern half of the city, takes too long, is inconveniently located at the far eastern edge of the county, and is less comfortable than the seats on Omniride buses.

dickboyd Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote dickboyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 1:36pm
	quote: Originally posted by emancilla [br]I don't understand why some people want HOT 24/7 when we have already paid for it??!!! Rather than give the entire Letterman top ten all at once, one reason at a time. 1.HOT 24/7 to collect enough money to pay VRE to carry passengers. No more taxes on property to subsidize VRE. HOV will not be needed. Passengers will ride VRE. dickboyd@aol.com

emancilla Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote emancilla Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 1:31pm
	We need more people from regular lanes convert to the slugging system and ending the hybrid exemption to balance the congestion. quote: Originally posted by NoSUV [br]It's not the hybrids that cause the backups. How many of those fender benders were hybrids? Um, ZERO!!! The regular lanes have also gotten slower - is that because of the hybrids in the HOV lanes? NOT! The problem remains the overall growth in the population caused by the increase in jobs in the DC area. Keep looking to your right during your commute... Until THAT problem is solved, hybrids in HOV makes the most sense for traffic balance. Next best is tolls to let market forces balance the congestion.

emancilla Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote emancilla Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 1:26pm
	I don't understand why some people want HOT 24/7 when we have already paid for it??!!!

NoSUV Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NoSUV Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jun 2005 at 2:29pm
	It's not the hybrids that cause the backups. How many of those fender benders were hybrids? Um, ZERO!!! The regular lanes have also gotten slower - is that because of the hybrids in the HOV lanes? NOT! The problem remains the overall growth in the population caused by the increase in jobs in the DC area. Keep looking to your right during your commute... Until THAT problem is solved, hybrids in HOV makes the most sense for traffic balance. Next best is tolls to let market forces balance the congestion.

getmehome pweeze Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote getmehome pweeze Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jun 2005 at 1:09pm
	Then traffic would go north and south, then commuters would complain that HOV only goes north in the AM, then eventually the cost of living and population in the suburbs would go up. I like my govt job in DC, thank you!! I agree with Bob 100%%%!! DOWN WITH SOV!!! Tri2- enjoy it while you can, but remember us when it is cold and rainy!! :'}